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Dr. Martínez-Ferro is currently the professor of surgery and pediatrics, Chief Division of Pediatric Surgery, at the Fundacion Hospitalaria Children´s Hospital in Buenos Aires.<ref>{{cite web|author=Fundación Hospitalaria |url=http://www.novedadeshpn.blogspot.com/ |title=Novedades del Hospital Privado de Niños |publisher=Novedadeshpn.blogspot.com |date= |accessdate=2011-06-07}}</ref>
Dr. Martínez-Ferro is currently the professor of surgery and pediatrics, Chief Division of Pediatric Surgery, at the Fundacion Hospitalaria Children´s Hospital in Buenos Aires.<ref>{{cite web|author=Fundación Hospitalaria |url=http://www.novedadeshpn.blogspot.com/ |title=Novedades del Hospital Privado de Niños |publisher=Novedadeshpn.blogspot.com |date= |accessdate=2011-06-07}}</ref>

==Memberships and Positions==

* Active member, Asociación Argentina de Cirugía Infantil (ACACI).
* Scientific Secretary, Sociedad Argentina de Cirugía Infantil (Nov 1997 - Nov 1999).
* Founding Member, Asociación Argentina de Perinatología(ASAPER).
* Member, Sociedad Argentina de Ultrasonografía en Medicina y Biología.
* Active Member, International Pediatric Endosurgery Group (IPEG).
* Chairman of the Membership Committee of the International Pediatric Endosurgery Group (IPEG) (2002–2005).
* Co-Chairman Program Committee, International Pediatric Endosurgery Group (IPEG) (May 2003).
* Secretary of the Executive Committee, International Pediatric Endosurgery Group (IPEG) (2004–2007).
* Member of the Program Committee, International Pediatric Endosurgery Group (IPEG) (2005–2006).
* Program Chairman of the 16th Annual Congress for Endosurgery in Children (IPEG) (Sep 2007).
* Honorary Member, Asociación Peruana de Endocirugía Pediátrica (ASPEP) (2009-Current).
* President, International Pediatric Endosurgery Group (IPEG) (2009–2010).

==Career==


'''Marcelo Martinez-Ferro''' has been recognized internationally as a leader in the field of pediatric surgery. He has more than 150 scientific presentations at national and international conferences and over 90 publications in indexed journals. He has given over 200 lectures around the world and is regularly invited to perform surgeries abroad. He is a member of the most prestigious specialty societies and has been elected as a member of the editorial board of the [http://www.jpedsurg.org/edboard Journal of Pediatric Surgery], the agency's most prestigious publication for the specialty. He is also part of the editorial board of other journals indexed in Index Medicus as "Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy<ref>{{cite web |url=http://content.karger.com/ProdukteDB/produkte.asp?Aktion=JournalEditorial&ProduktNr=224239 |title=Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy |accessdate=2011-06-07}}</ref>" and the "Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.liebertpub.com/products/eboard.aspx?pid=36 |title=Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques |accessdate=2011-06-07}}</ref> ".
'''Marcelo Martinez-Ferro''' has been recognized internationally as a leader in the field of pediatric surgery. He has more than 150 scientific presentations at national and international conferences and over 90 publications in indexed journals. He has given over 200 lectures around the world and is regularly invited to perform surgeries abroad. He is a member of the most prestigious specialty societies and has been elected as a member of the editorial board of the [http://www.jpedsurg.org/edboard Journal of Pediatric Surgery], the agency's most prestigious publication for the specialty. He is also part of the editorial board of other journals indexed in Index Medicus as "Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy<ref>{{cite web |url=http://content.karger.com/ProdukteDB/produkte.asp?Aktion=JournalEditorial&ProduktNr=224239 |title=Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy |accessdate=2011-06-07}}</ref>" and the "Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.liebertpub.com/products/eboard.aspx?pid=36 |title=Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques |accessdate=2011-06-07}}</ref> ".


He is the recent past-president of the prestigious International Pediatric Endosurgery Group.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ipeg.org |title=International Pediatric Endosurgery Group |publisher=IPEG |date= |accessdate=2011-06-07}}</ref>
He is the recent past-president of the prestigious International Pediatric Endosurgery Group.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ipeg.org |title=International Pediatric Endosurgery Group |publisher=IPEG |date= |accessdate=2011-06-07}}</ref>

==Books==


He is the author of the book '''"Neonatologia Quirurgica<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.libinter.com/libro.php?libro_id=969 |title= Neonatologia Quirurgica |accessdate=2011-06-07}}</ref>"''' (Surgical Neonatology), published for the first time in 2005, unique in its kind in the Spanish language, of which thousands of copies have been distributed throughout Latin America
He is the author of the book '''"Neonatologia Quirurgica<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.libinter.com/libro.php?libro_id=969 |title= Neonatologia Quirurgica |accessdate=2011-06-07}}</ref>"''' (Surgical Neonatology), published for the first time in 2005, unique in its kind in the Spanish language, of which thousands of copies have been distributed throughout Latin America

==Contributions in other works==

He has also contributed with chapters in over 20 different books, including:

'''Cuidados Especiales del Feto y el Recién Nacido (2da edición)'''
Rogido M, Sola A.
CHAPTER: "El Recién Nacido con Necesidades Quirúrgicas"
Editorial: Científica Interamericana, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 16; 1499-1566.
2001.

'''Pediatric Laparoscopy'''
Lobe TE.
CHAPTER: "Video-Assited Repair of Diaphragmatic Defects"
Editorial: Landes Bioscience, Georgetown. U.S.A. 25; 223-243. 2003

'''Bases de Neumonología Pediátrica'''
Quiñones E, Ugazzi M, Donoso F, Endara S.
CHAPTER: "Toracoscopía en el Recién Nacido"
Editorial: Noción. Quito, Ecuador. 56; 489-500. 2006

'''Atlas of Pediatric Lapaoroscopic and Thoracoscopy'''
George W. Holcomb III, Keith E. Georgeson, Steven S. Rothenberg.
CHAPTER: "Laparoscopic Portoenterostomy (Kasai Operation)"
Editorial: Saunders Elsevier, Philadelphia, USA. 26; 156-163.2008

'''Atlas of Pediatric Lapaoroscopic and Thoracoscopy'''
George W. Holcomb III, Keith E. Georgeson, Steven S. Rothenberg.
CHAPTER: "Thoracoscopic Repair Esophageal Atresia without Tracheoesophageal
Fistula"
Editorial: Saunders Elsevier, Philadelphia, USA. 49; 291-304.2008

'''Endoscopic Surgery in Infants and Children'''
Klaas (N) M.A. Bax, Keith E. Georgeson, Steven S. Rothenberg, Jean-Stéphane
Valla, CK Yeung.
CHAPTER: "Esophagheal Atresia Without Fistula"
Editorial: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. Germany. 28; 207-219.2008

'''Essentials of Pediatric Endoscopic Surgery'''
A.K.Saxena, M.E.Hölwarth.
CHAPTER: "Portoenterostomy (Kasai Procedure)"
Editorial: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. Germany. 46; 323-330.2009

'''Videochirugia Pediatrica.'''
Ciro Esposito, Celeste Hollands, Mario Lima, Alessandro Settimi, Jean Stephane
Valla (2010)
CHAPTER: "Atresia delle vie Biliari"
Editoriasl: Springer-Verlag-Italia. 36; 295-309. 2010.


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 18:55, 26 October 2012

Marcelo Martinez-Ferro
Marcelo Martinez-Ferro
Dr. Marcelo Martinez-Ferro
Born
Buenos Aires, Argentina
EducationBuenos Aires University School of Medicine
Years active25
Known forDevelopment of a revolutionary non-surgical treatment for Pectus Carinatum (Dynamic Compression System)
Medical career
ProfessionPediatric Surgeon
Institutions
  • Ricardo Gutierrez Children´s Hospital,
  • Garrahan National Children´s Hospital,
  • CEMIC University Hospital,
  • Fundacion Hospitalaria Children´s Hospital
Sub-specialtiesPediatric Minimally Invasive Surgery, Chest Wall Deformities, Neonatal Surgery
Research
  • Chest Wall Deformities,
  • Pediatric Minimally Invasive Surgery,
  • Poland's Syndrome,
  • Esophageal atresia,
  • Hepatobiliary disorders
Awards
  • Best Pediatric Surgery presentation, 2º Congress of the Argentine Society of Laparoscopic Surgery (March 1999),
  • Best Pediatric Surgery presentation, 3º Congress of the Argentine Society of Laparoscopic Surgery (March 2001),
  • Best Scientific presentation, 73rd Argentine Congress of Surgery,
  • Special acknowledgment of the Senate (National Congress) for the book "Surgical Neonatology"
  • National Medical Academy Award "Marcelino Herrera Vega" Best paper in Pediatric Surgery "Laparoscopic Treatment of Biliary Atresia"

Biography

Marcelo Martinez-Ferro was born in Buenos Aires and graduated from the Buenos Aires University School of Medicine in 1983. He completed his residency in pediatric surgery at the Ricardo Gutierrez Children´s Hospital[1] and in 1988, joined the staff of Garrahan national Children`s Hospital.[2] During his 15-year tenure at the hospital he dedicated himself to drastically improving the survival rate of newborn surgical patients whose mortality rate was historically very high in Argentina. In 1992 he completed a fellowship at the Fetal Treatment Center of the UCSF[3] where he confirmed his interest in fetal treatment and video surgery.

In 2001 Dr. Martinez-Ferro along with the CEMIC Surgical and Obstetrical Team performed the first fetal surgery[4] in a patient with myelomeningocele in Argentina.[5]

Dr. Martínez-Ferro is currently the professor of surgery and pediatrics, Chief Division of Pediatric Surgery, at the Fundacion Hospitalaria Children´s Hospital in Buenos Aires.[6]

Marcelo Martinez-Ferro has been recognized internationally as a leader in the field of pediatric surgery. He has more than 150 scientific presentations at national and international conferences and over 90 publications in indexed journals. He has given over 200 lectures around the world and is regularly invited to perform surgeries abroad. He is a member of the most prestigious specialty societies and has been elected as a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Pediatric Surgery, the agency's most prestigious publication for the specialty. He is also part of the editorial board of other journals indexed in Index Medicus as "Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy[7]" and the "Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques[8] ".

He is the recent past-president of the prestigious International Pediatric Endosurgery Group.[9]

He is the author of the book "Neonatologia Quirurgica[10]" (Surgical Neonatology), published for the first time in 2005, unique in its kind in the Spanish language, of which thousands of copies have been distributed throughout Latin America

References

  1. ^ "Hospital de Niños Dr. Ricardo Gutiérrez-Buenos Aires-Argentina". Guti.gov.ar. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
  2. ^ Hospital de Pediatría Garrahan. "Hospital de Pediatría Garrahan". Garrahan.gov.ar. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
  3. ^ "Our Fellows | UCSF Fetal Treatment Center". Fetus.ucsfmedicalcenter.org. 2009-11-24. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
  4. ^ "Página/12". Pagina12.com.ar. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
  5. ^ "Diario La Nacion". lanacion.com.ar. 2001-07-26. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
  6. ^ Fundación Hospitalaria. "Novedades del Hospital Privado de Niños". Novedadeshpn.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
  7. ^ "Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy". Retrieved 2011-06-07.
  8. ^ "Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques". Retrieved 2011-06-07.
  9. ^ "International Pediatric Endosurgery Group". IPEG. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
  10. ^ "Neonatologia Quirurgica". Retrieved 2011-06-07.

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